Automation
How the pandemic became a referendum on work
For many people, jobs have become little more than a completely relentless, unsatisfying toil. Especially since Covid-19 came along. So why then does work ethic still hold so much sway? Jamie McCallum… Audio
Kevin Roose: How to be human in the age of automation
New York Times technology columnist and host of the podcast Rabbit Hole, Kevin Roose is the author of Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation, in which he lays out a vision for how… Audio
Why We Drive: Matt Crawford on car culture's essential survival
Philosopher, mechanic, and author Matthew Crawford's latest book Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road gets under the bonnet of one of the few remaining domains of exploration, play and… Audio
Relax – the robots are not coming for your job. At least, not necessarily...
Kinley Salmon, the New Zealand economist and author of Jobs, Robots & Us, talks about the future of work in a time of rapidly-developing automation. A 2020 New Zealand Arts Festival highlight. Audio
Will Browne: The moral and social consequences of A.I.
Victoria University associate professor Will Browne's part of the line up for Techweek 2019 debating what the future might hold in terms of automation, computers and machines in our lives. Audio
Jo Cribb - Don't Worry about The Robots
Automation and digital technology are changing the world of work and threatening to hugely change, or overtake, many traditional jobs and professions. A new book, Don't Worry about the Robots, by Dr… Audio
Third of NZ jobs to become automated in next 20 years
Almost a third of New Zealand jobs will become automated by 2036 according to new research, prompting calls for the Government and tertiary institutes to develop a national skills strategy to prevent… Audio
Your degree may soon be useless
A new report says 40 per cent of degrees will soon be obsolete. Traditional degrees could disappear within a decade the report has found. Audio
Insight: Is NZ Ready for Artificial Intelligence?
Govt plans to make little change to those in need - researcher
Maxim Institute's Kieran Madden says the Government must stick to its rhetoric on bipartisanship as it addresses poverty in 2018. Audio
What are humans good for in a world where robots are eating our jobs?
Professor Darl Kolb considers life among the robots in this instalment of the University of Auckland's Raising the Bar event. Audio
Autonomous ships on the horizon
Self-driving cars, driverless trucks, and airliners that fly on autopilot. They'll soon be commonplace. But how about crewless ships? New Zealand interest in the technology - which could allow ships… Audio
Death of the sweatshop and China's dangerous appetite for seafood
According to Adam Minter of Bloomberg View, the sweatshop model of low-cost labour could soon be consigned to history as it gives way to automation and technology. Plus China's booming fishing fleet… Audio
Digital Disruption & the Fourth Industrial Revolution: is New Zealand Ready?
Joanna Mackenzie investigates what New Zealand needs to do to prepare for a future of jobs that don't even exist yet. Video, Audio
Robot lawyers and AI accountants
We might have become used to robots in factories replacing workers on the shop but according to my next guest it's white collar workers who are now in the firing line of automation. Daniel Susskind is… Audio
Almost half of NZ jobs at risk of automation
Sometime in the next 20 years there's about a 50/50 chance a robot is going to steal your job. And while traditional blue collar jobs like driving and labouring are likely to be the first to go -… Audio
What is the future for robotics?
Ken Goldberg is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research in Robotics, Automation, and New Media at UC Berkeley and holds a position at UC San Francisco Medical School where he… Audio